NavGeneral InfoEmail Print Provider WHO NCD Microdata RepositoryMicrodata access: Request Geography Solomon Islands (SLB) Coverage type Country Time period covered 12/2005 - 05/2006 Series or system STEPS Noncommunicable Disease Risk Factors Survey Data type Survey: IndividualInterviewNationally representative Summary The STEPS Noncommunicable Disease Risk Factors Survey uses a survey methodology developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) to help countries establish noncommunicable disease surveillance systems. The methodology prescribes three steps—questionnaire, physical measurements, and biochemical measurements. Core topics covered by most surveys are demographics, health status, and health behaviors. These provide data on socioeconomic risk factors and metabolic, nutritional, and lifestyle risk factors. Details may differ from country to country and from year to year. This national survey in Solomon Islands collected information on tobacco and alcohol use, diet, physical activity, physical measurements, and blood pressure. Blood measurements of glucose and cholesterol levels were also collected from a subsample. Only reports are currently available online. No microdata have been released publicly. Keywords Alcohol use, Anthropometry, Blood glucose, Blood pressure, Blood tests, Body mass index, Cholesterol, Cholesterol tests, Diabetes, Diet, Fruits, Fruits and vegetables, GPAQ, Glucose tests, Height, Hypertension, Physical activity, Tobacco smoking, Vegetables, Weight Citation Contributors World Health Organization (WHO) Fiji School of Medicine Ministry of Health and Medical Services (Solomon Islands) Funders Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) New Zealand Agency for International Development (NZAID) Suggested citation Fiji School of Medicine, Ministry of Health and Medical Services (Solomon Islands), World Health Organization (WHO). Solomon Islands STEPS Noncommunicable Disease Risk Factors Survey 2005-2006. GHDx Entry last modified on: Aug 5, 2021